Iowa School Districts To Force Exposed Teachers Back To Classrooms
After a flow chart released in late July by the Iowa Department of Education implied that asymptomatic educators could return to school after a positive... Read more.
Trust In Iowa’s COVID Data Erodes During Critical Back-To-School Period
About a week after the Iowa Department of Public Health admitted and attempted to fix a large scale glitch in their COVID-19 positivity data, independent... Read more.
UI Student Employee Shares Unsanitary Workplace Conditions
A student employee contracted at the University of Iowa Hospital had been working since June in a neglected makeshift-office filled with garbage, shared, dirty ... Read more.
Forty Minutes Of Derecho, $1 Million In Damages For One Iowa Farm
When news that a major storm was headed toward eastern Iowa last Monday, Palo farmer Gary Owens was tending to his calf-cow operation in a... Read more.
Which Iowa Schools Require Masks, Which Don’t
Most Iowa schools will require students and teachers to wear facial coverings at least partially as students head back to school this fall, finds a... Read more.
Data Collectors Question Iowa’s Reported Positivity Ratings
State-reported COVID-19 positivity rates are routinely lower than media or individual data collector’s counts, leaving some confused by Iowa’s numbers—imp... Read more.
“Coach’s Kid” Takes On Former Speaker In Council Bluffs’ New Swing Seat
House District 16 candidate Jen Pellant is vying to serve her home city of Council Bluffs because she thinks the Iowa Legislature “needs more working... Read more.
Reynolds Already Making Exceptions To School Closures
The debate over school reopening orders continued this morning as Gov. Kim Reynolds indicated her previously stated benchmark that districts can use to request ... Read more.
Fort Dodge Community Leader Charles Clayton Announces Run For Iowa House
As a respected Fort Dodge community leader, Charles Clayton is well-known for helping countless at-risk students with programs and mentorship as they try to sur... Read more.
Reynolds: Concern Over Sick Kids, Teachers Is ‘Scare Tactics’
While downplaying Iowa’s rising COVID-19 numbers and rebuking school districts who oppose in-person school reopening orders, Gov. Kim Reynolds today accused t... Read more.